Power to direct census to be taken.
Appointmacol of Commis- stoner and other officers,
Duties of the Commis sioner.
Employment
of census officer.
(Cap. 89).
Identifica- tion of Census officers.
3. The Governor in Council may by order, which shall be published in the Gazette, direct that a census of the population or any portion thereof be taken for the Colony or for any part of the Colony, and every such order shall prescribe--
(a) the date on which the census is to be taken; and
(b) the purpose for which the census is required,
and in addition thereto may prescribe the persons with respect to whom particulars for the purpose of such census are to be obtained.
4. The Governor may appoint by name or office any public officer to be Commissioner of Census for the Colony and may in the same manner appoint such number of Deputy Commissioner of Census for the Colony or for any part thereof as may appear to him to be necessary to give effect to the purposes of this Ordinance.
5. Subject to any regulations made under section 23, it shall be the duty of the Commissioner to make such arrangements and to do all such things as are necessary for the taking of a census in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance, and for that purpose to make arrangements for the preparation and issue of the necessary forms and instructions and for the collection of the forms when completed:
Provided tha! no person shall be required to incur any expense either in order to comply with any such instruction or in relation to the collection of any such form.
6. (1) The Commissioner may employ, whether for payment or otherwise, from time to time such number of persons to be census officers as may appear to him to be necessary for the taking of any census ordered to be taken under section 3.
(2) No census officer shall be deemed by reason only of employ- ment under this section to be employed in the public service for the purposes of the Pensions Ordinance.
7. (1) Every census officer, other than a census officer appointed under section 4, shall carry with him when on census duty a certificate issued by the Commissioner or by a Deputy Commissioner of Census, stating his name and certifying his employment as a census officer and specifying the census in respect of which he is employed; and every such census officer shall produce such certificate for inspection by any person who may question his authority to act under this Ordinance.
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(2) Any certificate purporting to be issued under subsection (1) by the Commissioner or by any Deputy Commissioner of Census shall be admissible in evidence in any civil or criminal proceedings and shall, until the contrary is proved, be sufficient evidence of the facts stated therein.
(3) In addition to the issue of certificates under subsection (1) the Commissioner may issue or cause to be issued to census officers such insignia, arm bands or other tokens as he may consider necessary for the purpose of identification.
B. (1) Every person occupying any land, building, enclosure, Occupier to vessel or other place shall allow any census officer, upon request, such per
Occea and access thereto as may reasonably be necessary to enable him to carry numbering out his duties under this Ordinance; and shall in addition thereto, upon etc.
of premises.
request, permit such census officer to paint, mark or affix, on or to any such property in the occupation of such person, any letters, marks, numbers or other means of identification considered by the Commis- sioner to be necessary for the purpose of the taking of any census.
(2) Any person who-
(a) refuses or fails to comply with any request made to him by
any census officer under subsection (1); or
(6) without permission of a census officer, removes, obliterates or alters any letter, mark, number or other identification affixed by any census officer acting in accordance with subsection (1).
shall be guilty of an offence.
9. (1) Any census officer may ask of any person all such Questions questions as may reasonably be necessary to obtain the information by census required for the purpose of the taking of any census.
(2) Any person who refuses to answer, or who knowingly answers untruthfully, any question lawfully put to him in accordance with sub- section (1) shall be guilty of an offence.
officers.
of forms.
10. (1) Subject to any directions issued by the Commissioner, any Delivery and census officer may deliver or cause to be delivered to the occupier of completion any land. building, enclosure, vessel, or other place, or any specified part thereof, one or more forms requiring completion by such occupier.